"I just wanted to forget all the misery and everything I lost," says Ahmad, a Syrian whose name has been changed as he wishes to remain anonymous. Ahmad turned to forbidden means to escape the anguish he was enduring in war-torn Syria. For years Ahmad was addicted to the drug commonly known as Captagon, a synthetic amphetamine-type stimulant. Many people in the embattled country are like him. It is one of the countless consequences of the war, which will enter its 14th year in mid-March. The civ
Singapore News - A National University of Singapore (NUS) assistant professor has been charged with cannabis consumption and other drug-related offences. Jevdic Dorde, 39, who is from the School of Computing’s Department of Computer Science, is accused of one count each of drug. Read more at www.tnp.sg
World News - Malaysian police are investigating the parents of a toddler for allegedly feeding their child milk mixed with drugs. Petaling Jaya district police chief Shahrulnizam Jaa’far @ Ismail told Malaysian media that the couple were high on drugs during the incident, which took. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Two weeks after council in Richmond, B.C., voted in favour of asking health authorities to look into the possibility of a supervised drug consumption site at the city's hospital, the mayor has said the city will no longer be seeking approval for such a facility. During a council meeting on Monday evening, Mayor Malcolm Brodie said the resolution made by council did not state the city would establish a consumption site, and that only Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has the ability to do this, with
Mephedrone, also known as Meow Meow, is a highly addictive drug, more potent than heroin and cocaine. Users often describe its effects as more intense than a collision with a train.